HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Police said that a disabled 84-year-old woman has been carried to safety after a fire broke out in her Long Island apartment.

Suffolk County police said that Officer Joseph Lanzisera broke a window to climb into the smoke-filled Huntington apartment at around 9 p.m on. Friday. He found the woman in her bedroom in the Nathan Hale apartment complex, and then navigated a smoke-choked hallway to open the locked front door and let a fire chief in.

Hats off to Officer Joseph Lanzisera and Huntington Fire Chief Kenneth Cochrane for saving this woman’s life. Offer your thoughts and comments in the section below…

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